LWC Receives National Award for Commitment to Community Service

Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 [5:17 PM]

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College has received a national
award for its students' community service.

The college has been named to the 2009 President's Higher Education
Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a
college or university can receive for its commitment to
volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.

Lindsey Wilson is among more than 700 U.S. colleges and
universities who received the honor from the Corporation for
National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor
Roll award. The schools were recognized for their impact on issues
from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice.

"One of the most important things we stress to our students is the
importance of serving others," said Amy Thompson-Wells, Lindsey
Wilson director of civic engagement and student leadership and
co-director of the Bonner Leader Program. "Earning a college
education and getting a job are wonderful goals, but they must be
balanced with a spirit to serve our fellow citizens and make this
world a better place."

Last school year, Lindsey Wilson students combined to give more
than 13,000 hours of community service on the local, regional and
national levels, Thompson-Wells said. The college also has a cadre
of more than 50 undergraduate students "who are committed to doing
some kind of service project every week," Thompson Wells
said.

The service projects include volunteering at after-school programs,
working on environmental issues and other social issues.

And Lindsey Wilson students' commitment to serve others has been
noticed.

"Lindsey Wilson's selection to the Honor Roll is recognition from
the highest levels of the federal government of its commitment to
service and civic engagement on its campus and in our nation," said
Elson B. Nash, acting director of Learn and Serve America with the
Corporation for National and Community Service.

On campuses across the country, thousands of students joined their
faculty to develop innovative programs and projects to meet local
needs using the skills gained in their classrooms. Business
students served as consultants to budget-strapped nonprofits and
businesses, law students volunteered at legal clinics, and dozens
of others organized anti-hunger campaigns.

"Our nation's students are a critical part of the equation
and vital to our efforts to tackle the most persistent challenges
we face," said Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for
National and Community Service. "They have achieved impactful
results and demonstrated the value of putting knowledge into
practice to help renew America through service."

The Honor Roll includes six colleges and universities that are
recognized as Presidential Awardees, with an additional 115 named
to the Distinction List and 621 schools named as Honor Roll
members.

Honorees were chosen based on a series of selection factors,
including the scope and innovation of service projects, percentage
of student participation in service activities, incentives for
service, and the extent to which the school offers academic
service-learning courses.

Nationally, college students make a significant contribution to the
volunteer sector; in 2009, 3.16 million students performed more
than 300 million hours of service, according to the Volunteering in
America study, published by Corporation for National and Community
Service.

The Corporation for National and Community Service oversees the
Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the
American Council on Education.

The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal
agency that engages more 5 million Americans in service through its
Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America programs, and
leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United
We Serve. For more information, go to:
www.nationalservice.gov.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Lindsey Wilson College has
received a national award for its students' community service.

Lindsey Wilson is among more than 700 U.S. colleges and
universities who received the honor from the Corporation for
National and Community Service, which administers the annual Honor
Roll award. The schools were recognized for their impact on issues
from poverty and homelessness to environmental justice.

"One of the most important things we stress to our students is
the importance of serving others," said Amy Thompson-Wells, LWC director of civic
engagement and student leadership and co-director of the Bonner Leaders Program. "Earning a college
education and getting a job are wonderful goals, but they must be
balanced with a spirit to serve our fellow citizens and make this
world a better place."

Last school year, Lindsey Wilson students combined to give more
than 13,000 hours of community service on the local, regional and
national levels, Thompson-Wells said. The college also has a cadre
of more than 50 undergraduate students "who are committed to doing
some kind of service project every week," Thompson Wells said.

The service projects include volunteering at after-school
programs, working on environmental issues and other social
issues.

And Lindsey Wilson students' commitment to serve others has been
noticed.

"Lindsey Wilson's selection to the Honor Roll is recognition
from the highest levels of the federal government of its commitment
to service and civic engagement on its campus and in our nation,"
said Elson B. Nash, acting director of Learn and Serve America with
the Corporation for National and Community Service.

On campuses across the country, thousands of students joined
their faculty to develop innovative programs and projects to meet
local needs using the skills gained in their classrooms. Business
students served as consultants to budget-strapped nonprofits and
businesses, law students volunteered at legal clinics, and dozens
of others organized anti-hunger campaigns.

"Our nation's students are a critical part of the equation and
vital to our efforts to tackle the most persistent challenges we
face," said Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National
and Community Service. "They have achieved impactful results and
demonstrated the value of putting knowledge into practice to help
renew America through service."

The Honor Roll includes six colleges and universities that are
recognized as Presidential Awardees, with an additional 115 named
to the Distinction List and 621 schools named as Honor Roll
members.

Honorees were chosen based on a series of selection factors,
including the scope and innovation of service projects, percentage
of student participation in service activities, incentives for
service, and the extent to which the school offers academic
service-learning courses.

Nationally, college students make a significant contribution to
the volunteer sector; in 2009, 3.16 million students performed more
than 300 million hours of service, according to the Volunteering in
America study, published by Corporation for National and Community
Service.

The Corporation for National and Community Service oversees the
Honor Roll in collaboration with the Department of Education, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact and the
American Council on Education.

More ...The Corporation for National and Community Service is a
federal agency that engages more 5 million Americans in service
through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learn and Serve America
programs, and leads President Obama's national call to service
initiative, United We Serve. For more information, go to: www.nationalservice.gov.